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Did You Know You Create Rainbows Every Time You Blow A Candle?

3:40AM December 2, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This is a wonderful photograph of someone blowing a candle. If you look closely, you can see rainbows on the smoke. Why do they happen? More »

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This Life-Size Woman Candle Scares The Beegeezuss Out Of Me

4:40AM September 1, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Holy Jesus on a pogo stick! Watch this video of a life-size wax woman turn into a giant candle and join me in my nightmares for the next six months. More »

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Newspaper-Scented Candle Probably Smells Like Death

12:40AM June 22, 2011 | Casey Chan

Print is dead, or something like that. So honour it with this newspaper-scented candle! The candle has hints of guaiacwood, cedar, musk and spice and that somehow combines to recreate that grey lady newspaper smell. More »

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Man Cans Aren’t Your Mum’s Aromatherapy Bath Candles

1:40PM June 11, 2011 | Michael Zhao

I want my digs to smell un-gross. Just not like “Blissful Morning Dew Drying on Glistening Grass” or “Honeysuckle Blossoms on Summer Mornings”, which leaves me little choice in my hunt for fresher air. Enter Man Cans: candles for men. More »

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Candle That Doubles As Ashtray Makes Smoking Less Stinky

4:40AM May 26, 2011 | Casey Chan

Smoking is terrible, we all know that. But it’s terribly addictive and… disgustingly stinky. Your fingers reek, your clothes are tainted and the air, oh the air. This candle ashtray tries to make it a wee less smelly. More »

Make This Lava Lamp Bubble And Churn Yourself

7:10PM November 3, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

When I say “yourself”, I mean “whack a tealight candle underneath”. It’s certainly more DIY than plugging it into a wall socket and flicking the switch. One tealight is good for around three hours of ’70s-style fun. More »

White Castle-Scented Candle: The Stink Of Success

9:40AM May 4, 2010 | Brian Barrett

If they can make a pine-scented candle and a cinnamon-scented candle and a country linen-scented candle, you’re damn well right they can make a candle that smells like Grade-D Holstein smothered in onion scraps. And they did! More »

A Tabletop Fireplace For Dining Room S’mores

6:20AM April 3, 2010 | Brian Barrett

I admit it: I’m not one much for camping. But why should I go outside to gather around an open flame when I can have one in my own apartment? More »

Bulb Candles Wax The Watts

12:00PM February 27, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

I wish there were light bulbs that could actually illuminate a room exactly like candles. In the meantime, the Light Bulb Effect substitutes hot filaments, glass, and vacuum for real wax and wicks. More »

Match Candles Make Lighting Each Cigarette Feel Like Your Birthday

5:40AM November 18, 2009 | Mark Wilson

They aren’t carton-lit like real matches, but these match candles ($US6 for four packs) are one way to up the ante on that Zippo-lighter guy we all know who thinks he’s so cool. (The other is lung cancer.) More »